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We had one come to our high school. A kid that was this douchebag football player was in the gym floor in front of the entire school with like ten other kids pretending to pet and tickle a cat in his lap and was slow dancing with one of the lunch ladies, I thought it was total bullshit before that but there's no way that kid would have done half the things he did if he wasn't hypnotized. There were a few people who were blatantly acting because they were attention whores but half of them would not even get in front of twenty people to give a speech let alone slowdance with a 200 lb 65 year old lunch lady in front of 400 kids.

there's no way that kid would have done half the things he did if he wasn't hypnotized

That's not really how hypnotism works, that's just an urban legend. When you are hypnotized you aren't completely unaware and mindless, you're just in a really relaxed state, but you still think rationally and can see what's going on around you. All the rest of it is bullshit pretending and autosuggestion.

um, how is it an urban legend if I sat there and saw him pet and cradle a fake cat. Here is another story from a kid who snapped out of it halfway through the show, he said he snapped out of it because he heard the distinct laugh of one of his friends. But before that they were pretending to drive a car and he said he remembers seeing palm trees and the beach as the last thing he saw before he snapped out of it. If you have never seen it then I understand your skepticism but I can no longer say in honestly that I do not believe in hypnotism. I don't think it can make you lose weight or quit smoking, but some of the shit does work.

I was hypnotised on live TV in New Zealand, and again later the same day on stage at a large stage show by the same hypnotist. I didn't believe in hypnotism beforehand. Feel free to ask me whatever questions you like!

No, but he did so some other cool stuff. Its an interesting feeling. Its kind of like being drunk - you're totally aware of what's going on but you go along with the things he asks you to do because it just seems like a good/funny idea. Like, he had a bunch if us do a striptease on stage, something I would never do. I went along with it but was aware enough to go slowly because I knew they would atop the music at some point and I didn't want to take off too much before they did. Although he did make me forget the number 7 existed, which was pretty cool. I kept counting my fingers and couldn't work out how I kept getting to eleven.

Some background, I am an aspiring actor and a psychology students, but I can honestly say that I was hypnotized. If you need proof, someone in the audience took a video (but I'd have to figure out how to get it off of Facebook) and I guess I could find the website of the guy who hosted it

My memory of it was weird. I remember bits, and there's a lot that I remember the video of instead of the events from my perspective

I actually was not selected to be one of the initial hynotisees but he told people in the audience to follow his suggestions in the audience. He did the initial hypnotizing and started doing stuff with people on stage (no clue what because I was concentrating on being hypnotized). At some point he turned to us and told the audience to imagine we were watching a funny cartoon and I have a very...distinct laugh... So everyone noticed my laughing. He then had us think of a puppy milk truck situation so I started crying. The guy noticed everyone in the audience watching me and the guy (Skylar was his name) had me believe I got called down for the price is right and I ran onto the stage and, as I found out later, jumped on my sunglasses in excitement and crushed them.

I only remember some parts of being on stage, like him stretching out my nose and snapping it back at me and I fell back asleep. In one of the videos he told us all he was naked when he bent over and I hid in the curtain behind me. I also was sent back to the audience with a trigger word for a suggestion, and whatever the word was, I had to scream "I am the Oscar Meyer weiner" so that must have been cute.

I don't remember a lot of the specifics both due to the hypnotism I guess and just time passing in general. But during the process I remember being like concious and aware, but when I did something I did it reflexively without thought or any recollection of why I needed to do that. My body just did it and I went with it.

It was really cool and I'd love to do it again. I think it can help with acting just with those reflexive reactions and the suggestion of almost everything.

I was recently hypnotized at a show in Vegas. Basically you feel relaxed and focused at the same time. You are willing to do things you WOULD normally do anyway but without the hesitation and second guessing. Pretty sure hypnotism can't get you doing things that are against your morals or beliefs. When I was hypnotized they asked me to pretend or act out various scenarios - I knew they weren't real so I went along with it. I imagine I would've been more inclined to shy away but eventually give in if I wasn't hypnotized. I remember everything and pretty sure that's the idea.

I was "hypnotized" at a show once in college. I remembered everything and was very aware of what I was doing the whole time. I remember feeling very relaxed and feeling like the easiest thing to do would be to go along with what the guy was saying. I didn't feel like I necessarily had to, just that it would be easier that way. Some others who were hypnotized claimed not to remember anything afterwards and still responded to the cues later (when you hear this word, you will quack like a duck, etc.). Maybe it didn't really work on me or maybe people just go along with it because you are expected to and it's more fun that way. I don't know. I also kind of felt like the hypnotist picked out the most dramatic people to do the most stuff with-the ones he could count on to put on a show. I sure didn't want to quack like a duck and maybe he picked up on that because he didn't ask a lot of me. I personally think most of it is just dramatics and show.

I have not been hypnotized but know several people who have. As far as I understand, one doesn't lose control of themselves as one expects they would, rather, its a social phenomena where the people who are chosen to stay are those who want to meet the expectations of the crowd. The ones who are told to sit down are the ones who are less apt to want to appease the masses. This is a very strong encouragement for some and its what allows for the show to be what it is, entertaining.

TL;DR: Not actually hypnotized, more the participants desire to appease the masses. Still a fun show though!

I did at my high school's graduation party. They kind of have an "emperor's new clothes" thing going on. The guy started it off by saying "only smart or creative people can really be hypnotized," so everyone acts like they are to avoid feeling stupid or boring. Basically, it was this but that guy had more balls

We had a hypnotist for grad night. I didn't volunteer but was paying close attention and was hypnotized from the audience. It was really relaxing(neutral? Nothing bothered me) at the time but looking back it was creepy as hell. He kept asking the girls to "dance sexy" and guys to act like dogs.

I remember feeling uneasy and hyperaware of the people who were faking it. Started to make me self conscious so I tuned out their responses and focused on the hypnotist and went deeper under.